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6/29/12 at 4:47am
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I currently have a Creative Xtreme Gamer sound card which is ageing a bit now and im thinking of upgrading .

What should i buy first? New speakers or a sound card?

I currently have a set of Logitech 5.1 x540 speakers and a TTSPORTS Headset.

Cheers
Edited by Darylrese - 7/4/12 at 2:11pm
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6/29/12 at 11:40am
Nope move to better speakers 1st wink.gif
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6/29/12 at 11:52am
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I have tried the Asus Xonar D2X for a short period of time and although it was better i decided to take it back as it wasnt a huge difference compared to my creative card?
Edited by Darylrese - 7/4/12 at 2:12pm
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post #4 of 19
6/29/12 at 11:08pm
I have this card and what I do is run a 3.5mm splitter for the headphones and change the speaker settings in the control panel. It's a great card and it's leaps and bounds over onboard imo, sad you're taking yours back.
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6/30/12 at 8:48am
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7/4/12 at 2:15pm
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7/4/12 at 3:20pm
Speakers, speakers, speakers.

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Speakers.
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7/4/12 at 3:22pm
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Speakers, speakers, speakers. Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)
Speakers.

haha love the spoiler! Which ones??
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Those speakers are highly praised.
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7/5/12 at 1:17am
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I think i would like a sub, i like my bass!
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